When the thin, nine-year-old boy reached up to give his mother a quick peck on the cheek, she hugged him tightly. Although she knew she must, she was reluctant to let her baby go. Richard Dixon then turned and shook his father’s hand. Hovering close by, his sister, Lizanne, offered an encouraging smile.

Sheriff Keith Korenek reports on Tuesday morning around 11:00 am Drug Interdiction Investigators continue to get waste off I-10 in Fayette County. Drug Interdiction Investigator David Smith conducted a traffic stop on I-10 E/B at the 662 MM near Flatonia for traffic violations.

Schulenburg Volunteer Fire Department put out a small grass fire Thursday afternoon in Swiss Alp. The fire took place on property along Swiss Alp Dancehall Road.

Fayette County Deputies arrested an alleged drunk driver and a passenger on a back road near Ammannsville Saturday evening. According to a report from the Sheriff’s Office, a resident on East Radhost School Road called deputies around 7 p.m.

The number of active coronavirus cases continues to fall in Fayette County. As of Monday morning, Aug.

The 12th annual Ram Rodeo hosted by Fayette County Sheriff’s Posse took place Friday and Saturday evenings with a relatively large gathering in attendance. The Posse was established in 1993 and it grants scholarships to schools throughout the county via the rodeo events.

The St. Rose School family gathered “in spirit and faith with excitement and masks on” Monday, August 10 for the annual orientation.

The Fayette County Fair parade will not happen this year, the latest in a slew of activities that are usually part of the annual Labor Day weekend fest that have been cancelled amidst the pandemic. Fair President Michael Zuhn said that the fair association submitted a plan to the city and county “showing how we were going to accomplish social distancing and protect people,” during the parade.

Among the items in the proposed $25 million Fayette County budget for next year is $1,850 to equip Pct. 2 Constable Roger Wunderlich with a radar gun and a ballistic vest.